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Fig. 1 | Plant Methods

Fig. 1

From: A method to experimentally clamp leaf water content to defined values to assess its effects on apoplastic pH

Fig. 1

A Scheme of the experimental setup and feedback loop. B control diagram of the feedback loop controlling leaf water content (LWC) by using the LWC sensor's output to control the pump in the drying bypass loop. Biological regulators of leaf water homeostasis (green boxes) modify the effect of vapour pressure deficit (VPD) on LWC. Stomatal responses determine the effect of VPD on transpiration while hydraulic conductivity and osmotic adjustment modulate the effect of transpiration on the leaf water balance and thus LWC. The varying effect of these biological influences is compensated for by continuous adjustment of VPD

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Plant Methods

ISSN: 1746-4811